Greenwich Village townhouse explosion

The Greenwich Village townhouse explosion occurred on 6 March 1970 when three members of the communist Weather Underground movement were killed by an accidental explosion at their Greenwich Village, Manhattan townhouse while building a bomb to attack a military ball at Fort Dix, New Jersey (hoping to bring the Vietnam War to US soil with attacks on the military). Weathermen Diana Oughton, Terry Robbins, and Ted Gold were killed, while the entire four-story townhouse at 18 West 11th Street was destroyed.